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"Night shall be thrice night over you, / And Heaven an iron cope. " / -- Chesterton.
The Skull-faced One stood watching me critically as I sat panting on a couch, completely exhausted. He held in his hand the goblet and surveyed the golden stem, which was crushed out of all shape. This my maniac fingers had done in the instant of drinking.